On March 20, new County Executive Jessica Fitzwater rolled out her top 64 priorities for improving Frederick County. She left out an important issue: ensuring that Frederick County government is fully open and transparent.

What on Earth is the Frederick Planning Commission thinking? ("Car wash approved along Golden Mile," The Frederick News-Post, Jan. 16":)

The article "Caring for Caregivers" in the March 16 Frederick News-Post was most heartening.

After reading the letter about crowded Urbana, I can think of something else they need — their own post office.

I really like living in Frederick County and Maryland. I think we have a reasonable government and laws and we try to take care of each other.

I was very excited to see the piece “Bill to scrap subsidies for incinerators, biogas facilities rehashes memories of proposed Frederick project” (The Frederick News-Post, March 11-12) by Emmett Gartner appear as a top news alert.

After new LED automotive headlights were allowed on the market, some drivers could see better, but other traffic participants are in greater danger.

I am a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam conflict.

I was impressed with the quick turnaround by The Frederick News-Post in reporting the March 14 budget hearing with County Executive Jessica Fitzwater (“FCPS urges $83 million increase in ‘24 budget,” March 15).

I’d like to thank Kai Hagen for summarizing so well the unresolved issue of development along Interstate 270 in the Urbana area.

Gov. Wes Moore recently announced plans for Maryland to stop the sales of gasoline-powered cars by 2035, jumping on the electric-vehicle bandwagon, with other states and some European countries.

I am writing to comment on the recent letter from Mike Young of Jefferson (“Slowing down makes roads safer,” March 16).

The Livable Frederick Master Plan (LFMP) adopted by the County Council in 2019 held out great promise for an improved planning process in Frederick County.

It seems like every few days, residents write letters condemning the proposed development of the Brickworks property in East Frederick.

While we wait for the construction of additional lanes on U.S. 15 through the city of Frederick from Interstate 70 to Md. 26, reduced speeds might contribute to safer transit.

When we hear about poverty, we all think of slightly different concepts.

I have received a few emails from friends concerned that my Board of Contributors column of March 7 (“You can say you’re from Frederick if …” neglected to mention the Frederick Falcons semipro football team in the notations about McCurdy Field.

I read Jack Hogan’s column in the weekend edition of The Frederick News-Post ("Ethical quarrel, budget survey, and grants for agriculture") that an attorney representing CBM Consulting has accused County Councilman Steve McKay with an ethics violation. This is silly, absurd and very serious.

A story about possible athletic facilities at Westside Regional Park (“Study for west side sports complex funded,” The Frederick News-Post, March 7) did not indicate any consideration of pickleball courts.

All hail Robert Pawlicki and The Frederick News-Post for publishing his column about President Joe Biden dealing with his speech impediment.

The idea of “forgiving” student loans is a shamelessly craven attempt to purchase votes. It makes me beyond furious.

I very much agree with Pat Curley’s letter (“Frederick News-Post could serve community better with local focus,” The Frederick News-Post, Feb. 28), as well as the recent column by Don DeArmon (“The times have changed, but we still need a local newspaper,” Feb. 21).

Why are we in Frederick County wasting time and resources on challenges to books in our schools? We have trained educators for this special task.

According to The Frederick News-Post, the Gordon Mill project includes a $2.7 million investment to improve the area’s transportation network ("Planning Commission again delays vote on 610-unit development in New Market," Feb. 15).

Frederick County has had many secret contacts with Amazon Web Services, or AWS, the Amazon arm for data centers.

“Our public schools have been taken over by radical left maniacs,” according to a Trump campaign video cited by a columnist in the Feb. 16 News-Post (“Why U.S. schools are getting more political”).

For some time now, I have been considering writing this letter to the editor. Thanks to the column by Don DeArmon in the Feb. 21 paper (“The times have changed, but we still need a newspaper”) and stories published in the Feb. 20 paper, the time is right.

The column by Jack Topchik called "Confronting stuttering" (The Frederick News-Post, Feb. 18-19) was an excellent look at stuttering and the life it creates for stutterers. I salute Kopchik for sharing his reality.

In Shannon Green's Dec. 29 column ("Think hard before banning that book"), she cites Pen America’s defense of free expression.

I read Don DeArmon’s column (“The times have changed, but we still need a local newspaper,” The Frederick News-Post, Feb. 21) and it made me sad.